Cambridge council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 14 wards · 16 seats contested

Most seats
10
Labour Party
Seats contested
16
across 14 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 10 -2 14,980 38.2% -6.4
Liberal Democrats 4 +1 8,691 22.1% -4.9
Green Party 2 +1 7,033 17.9% +0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 7,552 19.2% +9.4
Independent 0 +0 893 2.3% +1.4
Heritage Party 0 +0 59 0.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 33 0.1% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 16
Conservative and Unionist Party 16
Green Party 16
Labour Party 16
Liberal Democrats 16
Independent 2
Heritage Party 1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1

A party standing a full slate could field 16 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Abbey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Elliot Tong Elected 1,077 42.8% -5.2
Labour Party Zarina Anwar 804 31.9% -5.3
Conservative and Unionist Party David Philip Smith 463 18.4% +10.7
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Anne Roe Ansell 174 6.9% -0.1
Majority273
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,518

Green Party hold

Arbury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Mike Todd-Jones Elected 1,175 48.1% -5.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Boorman 671 27.5% +13.1
Green Party Stephen Roger Lawrence 333 13.6% -3.0
Liberal Democrats Sam Oliver 264 10.8% -9.4
Majority504
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,443

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Castle 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Cheney Payne Elected 816 39.6% +4.1
Labour Party Antoinette Nestor Elected 716 34.7% -7.1
Labour Party Mary Murphy 651 31.6% —
Independent David Summerfield 632 30.7% —
Liberal Democrats Will Tilbrook 437 21.2% —
Green Party Esme Hennessy 338 16.4% -1.1
Green Party Dan Kittmer 225 10.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rhona Corinne Boorman 162 7.9% +2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Tomasz Kazimierz Dyl 145 7.0% —
Majority65
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,061

Liberal Democrats gain · Labour Party hold

Cherry Hinton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Robert Paul Dryden Elected 1,119 43.0% -15.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Zachary Matthew Marsh 1,056 40.6% +23.6
Green Party Richard Michael Potter 235 9.0% -3.5
Liberal Democrats Archie Joseph Robert McCann 193 7.4% -4.8
Majority63
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,603

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Coleridge 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rosy Moore Elected 1,085 45.9% -10.4
Labour Party Tim Griffin Elected 895 37.9% —
Green Party Sarah Louise Nicmanis 661 28.0% +10.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Eric William Barrett-Payton 627 26.5% +12.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Robin Nelson 611 25.8% —
Green Party Peter Price 397 16.8% —
Liberal Democrats Judy Margaret Brunton 259 11.0% +1.2
Liberal Democrats Tim Brunton 194 8.2% —
Majority234
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,364

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

East Chesterton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alice Flora Gilderdale Elected 1,014 38.4% +0.3
Liberal Democrats Bob Illingworth 887 33.6% -3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Francisco Ribeiro 341 12.9% +3.4
Green Party Elizabeth Alice May 305 11.6% -3.6
Heritage Party Colin Errol Miller 59 2.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Peter Burkinshaw 33 1.3% —
Majority127
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,639

Labour Party hold

King's Hedges

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alex Collis Elected 798 39.2% -11.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Delowar Hossain 650 31.9% +18.9
Liberal Democrats Fionna Tod 305 15.0% -5.1
Green Party Adrian Mark Matthews 285 14.0% -2.4
Majority148
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,038

Labour Party hold

Market

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Anthony Martinelli Elected 796 41.2% -2.2
Labour Party Rosy Greenlees 671 34.7% +2.1
Green Party Krzysztof Strug 283 14.6% -2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party James Appiah 184 9.5% +2.9
Majority125
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,934

Liberal Democrats hold

Newnham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jean Glasberg Elected 895 40.5% +15.5
Labour Party Anne Tregoning Miller 756 34.2% -2.2
Liberal Democrats Chang Liu 398 18.0% -15.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Susie Williams 161 7.3% +1.7
Majority139
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,210

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Petersfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Katie Thornburrow Elected 1,302 49.5% -6.1
Liberal Democrats Emmanuel Marie Michel Carraud 509 19.4% -2.0
Green Party Josh Morris-Blake 449 17.1% +0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Roper 370 14.1% +7.3
Majority793
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,630

Labour Party hold

Queen Edith's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Karen Young Elected 1,131 37.9% -4.1
Labour Party Thomas Ron 709 23.7% -7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Gordon C Gregory 580 19.4% +6.1
Green Party Jacqueline Whitmore 306 10.2% -3.6
Independent Antony William Carpen 261 8.7% —
Majority422
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,987

Liberal Democrats hold

Romsey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mairéad Healy Elected 1,219 45.5% -12.6
Green Party Suzie Webb 555 20.7% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammed Azamuddin 514 19.2% +11.1
Liberal Democrats John Charles Walmsley 389 14.5% -1.1
Majority664
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,677

Labour Party hold

Trumpington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Juliette Flaubert Elected 931 35.6% -14.2
Labour Party Carlos Toranzos 752 28.8% +5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Shapour Meftah 605 23.1% +10.6
Green Party Chloe Eva Mosonyi 327 12.5% -2.1
Majority179
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,615

Liberal Democrats hold

West Chesterton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rachel Lynne Wade Elected 1,314 42.4% -2.4
Liberal Democrats Jamie Leon Dalzell 1,008 32.6% -5.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Harford 412 13.3% +5.8
Green Party Shayne Mitchell 362 11.7% -0.8
Majority306
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,096

Labour Party hold

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